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Shrewsbury in 1732. The only surviving brother of his wife, Peter Clayes, died 1736, and his wife's father induced Parker to Remove to Framingham and take the Clayes homestead which was deeded to him January 6, 1737, with the condition that John and Exverience Parker should support her parents and give them Christian burial. The estate comprised the home lot (later known as the Colonel David Brewer and the James Fenton place) with eight acres and a half and buildings, and also fifty-five acres lying on both sides of the road from Caleb Bridges' to the meeting house. Peter Clayes died 1739, and Parker sold part of the home lot and buildings to James and John Clayes, and _ built where is now the house of the late Dr. Peter Parker, Framingham. John and Experience were admitted to the Framingham church in 1738; he was selectman; member of the Framingham company of alarm soldiers commanded by Captain Henry Eames; was an overseer of workhouse and poor; died in Framingham, February 23, 1783. His wife Experience died October 13, 1780. He was unfortunate with his family, as it seems that only two out of seven children survived. His will, on file at Cambridge, mentions children Peter and Submit Bent. Children: 1. John, born in Shrewsbury, January 28, 1732. 2. Experience, born in Shrewsbury, October 8, 1733. 3. Hananiah, born in Shrewsbury, baptized September 21, 1735. 4. Abigail, born in Shrewsbury, December 1, 1736. 5. Peter, mentioned below. 6. Submit, born December 3, 1742; married Thomas Bent, Jr. 7. Nathan, baptized in Framingham March BAT FAGs

(V) Peter Parker, son of John Parker (4), was born in Framingham, October 3, 1738, and succeeded to the Clayes homestead. He married, December 8, 1761, Ruth Eaton, born in Framingham, February 16, 1744, daughter of Noah and Hannah (Vinton) Eaton. He was a shoemaker by trade. He and his wife were admitted to the church in 1763. He was a leading citizen; one of the committee of safety and correspondence in Revolution; on committee to provide for families of Continental soldiers. He was active in the church; selectman in 1777, 1779-82; town treasurer in 1783 and 1786; one of the committee appointed by town to fix and regulate prices; on committee to consider state constitution, May, 1780; constable and collector; member of Framingham company of alarm soldiers under Captain Eames in French and Indian war, 1757. In 1777 he had a wonderful escape from death by lightning. '""He was riding a horse for Rev. Mr. Wheaton, who was about to buy a horse. June 3, 1777, a little before noon, some of the neighbors came together to witness the trial of the horse - John Clayes, Abraham Rice, Simon Pratt, Ephraim Pratt and Mr. Parker. Mr. Parker mounted the horse and had ridden to a considerable distance away, when a small cloud suddenly came up from the northwest. On his return the company, who had been in

Mr. Clayes stopped outside the gate, leaving the others leaning against the fence within, and just as he took the horse by the bridle the lightning struck the party and prostrated them all on the ground. Mr. Clayes, Mr. Rice and the horse were instantly killed. Mr. Parker lay as if dead, but gradually recovered consciousness, though a long time elapsed before he fully regained his health. The boy, who was standing a short distance away from the rest, recovered immediately. Mr. Pratt came to slowly and suffered from the stroke a long time. The horse was struck in the head and marks of lightning were visible down both forelegs. The party all wore woolen clothes, and were all singed in body and dress. There was but this single flash of lightning from the cloud and only a few drops of rain." The wife Ruth (Eaton), died March 20, 1800. Peter Parker died November 5, 1803, aged sixtyfive. Children: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Nathan, born October 23, 1764; married Catherine Murdock, of Newton. 3. Abigail, born December 15, 1766; married Lovell Howe. 4. Ruth, born January 8, 1769; married Joseph Bigelow. 5. Experience, born February 19, 1771; married Deacon Luther Haven. 6. Patty, born April 15, 1773; married Eleazer Bullard. 7. Sally, born May 25, 1775; married William Eames. 8. Peter, born March 16, 1777. 9. Josiah, born April 26, 1779; married Olive Stone. to. Artemas, born December 20, 1781; married Almy Clark. 11. Anne, born April 25, 1784; died January 8, 1785. 12. Peter, 'born July) ao; 1787; died May 7, 1788.

(VI) Deacon John Parker, son of Peter Parker (5), born in Framingham, November 16, 1762; married, 1781, Deborah, baptized 1760, daughter of Samuel Lamb, of Framing- ham whose grandfather Thomas Lamb, came in fleet with Winthrop, 1630. Samuel Lamb lived in the west part, north of Lamb Hill, Framingham. John Parker lived in the southwest part of the town, northeast of Nathan Bridges, on the old way from the Bridges place through the pasture to George Nurse's. He was one of the first members of the Framingham Artillery Company organized in 1799. He removed April 1, 1800, to Royalston, Massachusetts, where the four youngest children were 'born. They lived in Royalston until 1834, when in October the parents removed to Southborough to live with their son John Parker Jr. He died at this place March 10, 1838, and his wife March 15 the same month. He was a well-built man, five feet ten in height, with sandy hair inclining to red. He was ready and frank of speech, though naturally quiet and self-possessed; a resolute Whig in politics, and a Free Mason. Children: 1. Nancy, born December I1, 1782; married Nathan Goddard, of Athol. 2. Betsey, born March 17, 1785; died July 16, 1796. 3. John, born April 22, 1787; died June 18, 1796. 4. Mary, born June 2, 1789; married Captain John Foristall, of Winchendon. 5. Deborah, born April 12, 1792; married, January 8, 1839, Deacon Samuel Morse, of Hopkinton; she died April 26, 1865; no children. 6. Peter, born July 16, 1794; married Sarah Sawyer of Boylston. 7. Eliza, born August 23, 1796; died January 30, 1803. 7. John, mentioned below. 8. Ruth, born July 31, 1800; married Captain Nathan Leland, of Holliston. 9. Abigail, born March 15, 1802; married Newell Ware. to. Josiah, born July 31, 1804; married Caroline Peck, of Boylston. 11. Presson, born October 24, 1807; married Mary Newton, of Southborough.

(VII) Deacon John Parker, son of John Parker (6), born in Framingham June 16, 1798; married September 3, 1823, Mary Ann Fales, born in Shrewsbury, December 21, 1800, daughter of Captain Daniel and Sarah (Pratt) Fales of Shrewsbury. Her father lived to the age of ninety-nine years. Parker settled first in Holliston, removing thence to Southborough, where he lived twenty years, a farmer. He removed then to Holyoke, where he was one of the organizers of the Baptist church, of which he became senior deacon. He removed to Westfield, thence to Holliston again, thence to Berlin, and finally to Malden, where he died at the ripe old age of ninety-four years nine months eleven days. Of him, his son, Charles Fales Parker, in the Parker Genealogy says: "It is well to chronicle with his name the characteristics and rich harvests of this long and active life. He was always distinguished as a good talker and a man of very decided opinions. But his good nature was always overflowing. He took the lead on political and social questions. He will be remembered not only as a kind friend to all, but an active missionary worker and a true Christian man. He not only opposed the evils of his town, but he was determined to weed out what he could. With his cousin Peter Parker Howe, he worked hard and well to improve the social standing of the town, and they were very successful. When he settled in Southborough it was an intemperate, noisy place. He approached men who were in the low depths of degradation and, as a friend and brother, encouraged them to do better. His manner and argument were so effective that he seldom failed to produce an effect. He was an attractive speaker. He held meetings and led the singing, denounced intemperance and lectured on the blessings of the gospel. He was the means of establishing the church in Southborough, of which he was made deacon. He made many speeches against slavery and intemperance. During his first stay in Holliston his example of teetotalism was the first known discard of liquor in that section. In politics he was a Whig, in religion a Baptist. When the Republican party was founded, he helped form the first Republican party meeting ever held in Worcester. He was selectman. In 1840 his opposition to the Advent movement in his town at that time was strongly felt. After settling at Metcalf Village, Holliston, he was both farmer and shoemaker. During his stay he was a leading factor in the establishment of the Baptist Church there. His wife died July 16, 1885. In his old age his retentive memory and characteristic vigor abide with him, and his interest in the improvement and welfare of mankind, which has distinguished him through life, is still an unfailing source of satisfaction." Original poems by Rev. Dr. George C. Lorimer and Corporal George H. Patch were read upon the occasion of John Parker's golden wedding September 3, 1873. Children: 1. Eliza Ann, born June 7, 1824; married Burley Collins of Southborough; he died November 7, 1853; she died September 19, 1856; son, Dewitt Collins, died September 19, 1853. 2. Charles Fales, prominent commercially, and a bank director; born August 1, 1826; married Julia A. Bingham, of Milwaukee, Wiscon- sin; three children: Lucy, Eliza A. and Grace L.; he died at Somerville, Massachusetts, February, 1903. 3. Joanna Whiting, born June 16, 1833; married June 19, 1857, Milton Day, of Westfield; resided in Westfield and Berlin; shoemaker and farmer; died July 1, 1889; she resides with her brother, John H. Parker's family, at Malden. 4. John Henry, mentioned below. 5. Ellen Deborah, born June 22, 1837; died December 23, 1838. 6. Sarah Letitia, born December 17, 1839; died at Nervi, Italy, 1887; she was educated abroad, and was a singer of more than ordinary note in Boston. She married Homer E. Sawyer, of Bradford, Vermont; children: Belle and Homer Eugene.

(VIII) Deacon John Henry Parker, son of John Parker (7), born at Southborough, September 14, 1835; married at Boston, March 30, 1859, Anna Elizabeth Gilmore, born October 5, 1831, daughter of Freeman Gilmore. (See Gilmére). He had a common school education and began his business career early in life. The manufacturing of shoes claimed his attention, and at the age of twenty-six he had become superintendent of the factory of the well known firm of Kimball, Robinson & Company at Brookfield. In 1863 he removed from Brookfield to Holliston, Massachusetts, and thence, a year later, to Malden, Massachusetts, where he _ has made his home to the present time. At that time he became a partner in his brother's firm, Charles F. Parker & Company, one of the largest and most successful concerns at that time manufacturing boots, shoes and leather. The headquarters of the firm was in Boston and at one time this firm controlled the output of no less than six largee factories. In 1877 he became the sole owner of the business. At present Mr. Parker is devoting his attention to the manufacture of specialties connected with shoe industry, and originated by him. His manufacturing plant is located at 25 James street, Malden, Massachusetts, and the business is now under the general management of his son, Charles L. Parker. Mr. Parker has been very active in religious affairs. In 1856 he united with the First Baptist Church of Boston. Since residing in Malden he has been a deacon in the First Baptist Church, and is at present senior deacon. He was for many years superintendent of the Sunday school, which numbers now twelve hundred members, and during that time he was instrumental in the establishment of Baptist churches in Everett and Maplewood, Massachusetts. He is a mem- ber of the standing committee of the church and society, and has served on various other important committees, and is a liberal supporter of the charities of the church. For several years, under the support of the Boston Baptist Social Union, he conducted the Harvard Street Sunday school, Boston, and on Sunday afternoons, with the assistance of an orchestra largely obtained from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted a popular song service known as the "Harvard Street Social Sing." An address by some eminent preacher, a talk by some successful business man, and a song by some singer of note, made up a service which has been initiated in various parts of the country. He took an active part always in the temperance movement, and at the time when reform clubs were being organized with great success some years ago, he was especially earnest in the rescue work accomplished by that agency. In politics he is a Republican, and he has been influential in the councils of his party. For nine years in succession he was elected warden of his voting precinct. He has been auditor of the Malden Industrial Aid Society since its formation in 1876; treasurer of the Malden Associated Charities; director of the Home for Aged Persons in Malden; and director of the Young Men's Christian Association, of which he was at one time president. At the age of seventy-two, Mr. Parker finds himself in good health, hale and hearty, and a worker and leader in any cause in which his sympathy is enlisted, whether it be business, or the upbuilding and welfare of mankind. In February, 1905, Mr. Parker and his wife made an extended journey to the Holy Land and Egypt, for the sake of her health, and while it was enjoyable for both, and seemed to be successful in its purpose, Mrs. Parker did not long survive her return home, and died May 16, 1905, aged seventy-four years. The memory of her sincere christian life, her devoted motherly qualities, and many excellences of character, remain with her bereaved husband and family, as well as with a large circle of neighbors and friends. Children: 1. Ellen Letitia, born in Boston, May 21, 1860; educated in the Malden public schools and Miss Potter's private school in Everett; married, October 13, 1890, Benjamin Sumner Cudworth, of Malden; children: Robert Parker, born October 31, 1891; Dorothea, born April 7, 1893; Florence, born February 21, 1895. 2. John Freeman, born July 15, 1862; see forward. 3. Charles Lincoln, born April 12, 1865; see forward. 4. Anna Mabel, born in Malden, May

26, 1870; she was educated in the Malden schools, and is the possessor of a sweet voice which has pleased many listeners, both socially and in church and concert in and about Boston and suburbs; she married Willis C. Goss, of Melrose, Massachusetts; children: Gertrude, born May 29, 1897; Parker Sprague, born December 22, 1898; Marion, born October 4, 1901, died October 5, same year; Barbara, born December 17, 1902. 5. Mary Caroline, born in Malden, March 1g, 1872; married, December 2, 1891, Colonel Harry E. Converse (see Converse), son of Hon. E. S. Converse, of Malden; has five children. 6. Harry Day, born February 12, 1875, unmarried, resides with his father.

(IX) Lieutenant John Freeman Parker, second child and eldest son of Deacon John Henry Parker, was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, July 15, 1862. When two years of age his parents removed to Malden, where he grew up, and was educated in the grammar and high schools of that city. After finishing his education he entered the shoe manufacturing establishment of his father, having charge of the manufacturing and sales departments. He was prominent in the Massachusetts militia, enlisting in Company L, Fifth Regiment, at its organization, July 5, 1883. He passed through the grades of private, corporal and sergeant, and on February 3, 1886, was elected second lieutenant of the company. On June 16, 1887, he was elected first lieutenant, which position he held at the time of his resignation, which took effect November 22, 1887. As an enlisted man and later as a commissioned officer he displayed most soldierly qualities. He was always careful to inform himself thoroughly as to his duties, in whatever capacity he served, and in and zeal worthy of emulation by every member of the volunteer militia. In his last tour of camp duty as first lieutenant he commanded the brigade guard at the camp of the Second Brigade, on Thursday of that week, and discharged the duty in a manner to call forth the warmest commendation of his superior officers. His entire course in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia gave promise of higher honors and greater usefulness in that field, could he have been spared to re-enter its activities. For several years he won the Currier Medal for excellence in rifle practice. After leaving the militia he was appointed military instructor in the Malden high school, which position he held up to the time of his lamented death.

At the age of fourteen he united with the First Baptist Church of Malden and was always a regular attendant, and prominently identified with church and Sunday school. October 24, 1888, he was united in marriage to Minna Waters Ballard, daughter of Captain Henry A. and Lydia (Brown) Ballard, of Malden. The wedding took place at the Baptist Church. A daughter, Marjorie Gilmore, was born to them on November 15, 1889. Under the care of her mother, she graduated from the grammar and high schools!) in Malden, and is now attending Bradford Academy. On June 5, 1890, Lieutenant Parker, on the very threshold of a promising career, fell a victim to typhoid fever. As a business man he was proficient and thorough, an exemplary soldier, attractive in social life, and well known, popular and esteemed by his townsmen.

(IX) Charles Lincoln Parker, third child and second son of Deacon John Henry Parker, was born' April 12, 1865, in Malden, and was educated there in the public grammar and high schools. He began his business career with the firm of Wood, Pierce & Company. After a year he entered the employ of Parker, Holmes & Company, jobbers of boots and shoes, Boston, and was a salesman with that. firm several years. When _ his brother died, in 1890, he took his place in his father's firm and has continued there to the present time. In politics he is a Republican, and is a member of his ward committee. He is an active member of the First Baptist Church of Malden, and is a member of Converse Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars, Malden Chapter Sons of the American Revolutin, of which he is treasurer, and of several social clubs. He was an associate member of Company L, Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and has a record as a He married June 1, 1898, in Louisville, Kentucky, Charlotte Kent Goodwin, daughter of Edward Livingstone and Charlotte Kent (Pettingill) Goodwin, of that city. Children: Charlotte Kent, born at Malden, March 9, 1899; Mary Elizabeth, March 18, 1904; Eleanor, September 29, 1906.

1700, of Scotch stock, and came with the early Scotch-Irish settlers to Massachusetts. The Gilmores of Londonderry and Windham, New Hampshire, doubtless are closely re- lated and came at the same time. James Gilmore, of this lineage, with others of the same body of pioneers, went first to Wrentham, Massachusetts. He married, 1725, Thankful Tirrell, of Abington. Children: Adam; Agnes; Thankful; William; Tirrell; Whitefield, mentioned below.

(11) Whitefield Gilmore, son of James Gilmore (1), was born November 12, 1745. He settled in Bedford, New Hampshire, and married a native of that place, Margaret Gilmore, (no relation) born November 6, 1743. Children: 1771. 2. Martha, born January I, 1773. 3. James, mentioned below. 4. Mary, born 1776; died aged ten months. 5. John.

(IV) Freeman Gilmore, son of James Gilmore (3), born May 29, 1801; married, August 9, 1829, Caroline Eliza Davis, of Kittery, Maine ; born April 9, 1809, died March 18, 1841; second, May 15, 1842, Sarah W. Hobby, born in ' Boston, November 11, 1821. For twentyfive years he was clerk for John A. Lowell, of Boston. Children: 1. Daughter, born in Boston, June 19, 1830; died there Jume 19, 1830. 2. Anna Elizabeth. born in Boston, October 5, 1831; died at 228 Main street, Malden, May 16, 1905; married March served in civil war; afterward lived at Oak Park, Chicago, Illinois; died by accident, at Chicago. 4. Joseph Davis, born in Boston, April 15, 1837, died there June 25, 1839. Chilren of Freeman and Sarah Walker (Hobby) Gilmore. 5. Christopher Columbus, born in Boston, Thursday, December 21, 1843. 6. George, born in Boston, November 3, 1845. 7. Jerome, born in Goffstown, New Hampshire, October 1, 1848.

(II) Sergeant John Parker, son of Thomas Parker (1), born 1640, in Reading, died February 21, 1698 or 1699; married first, November 13, 1667, Hannah Kendall, born

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Parker (5), was born in Reading, April 11, 1782. He was a soldier in war of 1812, lieutenant of Reading company, died at Fort Independence, Boston harbor, November 14, 1814, while in service. He married Anna, born in Reading, November 25, 1778, daughter of Lieutenant Joseph Bancroft. Her father was born November 10, 1735, and died February 18, 1825; was on Lexington alarm list, and took part in the battles of Lexington and Concord as sergeant in Captain Thomas Eaton's company, Colonel Green's regiment; he was commissioned May 6, 1776, by the governor's council as second lieutenant of Company Four, Second Middlesex Regiment, under Captain James Bancroft; was made first lieutenant of same company August 20, 1777, under Captain Abraham Foster; married Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant John and Rebecca (Parker) Temple. Ensign Thomas Bancroft, father of Lieutenant Joseph, was born 1696. Thomas Bancroft, father of Ensign Thomas, born 1673, died 1731; married Mary Webster. Deacon Thomas Bancroft, father of Thomas, born 1649; married Sarah Pool. Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft, father of Deacon Thomas, immigrant and founder of the family, born in England, 1622, son of John and Jane Bancroft; married, second, Elizabeth Metcalf, and settled in Reading. (See Bancroft.) Children of Lieutenant Loea and Anna (Bancroft) Parker: 1. Loea, mentioned below. 2. Asa, born 1810. 3. Harrison, 1812. 4. Gilman, December 14, 1814.

(VII) Loea Parker, son of Lieutenant Loea Parker (6), born in Reading, May 14, 1809, died there June 12, 1857. He was educated there in the public schools, and was a lifelong resident of the town. He was for many years a dealer in mahogany and other hard woods in Boston, owning at the same time wood-working mills in Reading and manufacturing veneering of various kinds of wood and conducting a large business during his active career. He was prominent in town affairs, a man of conspicuous public spirit and influence, and held various offices of trust and responsibility. He was an active and faithful member of the Congregational church. He married, March 27, 1832, Eliza P., daughter of James and Betsey (Pierce) Steele, of Stoneham. Children, born in Reading: 1. Eliza Ann, born May 18, 1834; died February 6, 1850. 2. Maria, born March 9, 1836; married June 12, 1856, Joel M. Howard,_ of Greenwich, Connecticut; children: i. Loea

Children of Loea and second wife, Adeline B. (Emerson) Parker: 6. Elmore, born July 26, 1852; Married November 24, 1876, Emma Armstrong; children: i. Adeline Elizabeth, born) March '8, 1878; ii: Roy, October) 13; 1879; iii. Percival, October 31, 1881; iv. Marion, September 25, 1883. 7. Annie Bancroft, born August 14, 1855; educated in public and high schools of Reading; was teacher in public schools and is at present supervisor of drawing in public schools of Reading and adjoining town of Wakefield.

(VIII) Gilman Loea Parker, son of Loea Parker (7), was born August 20, 1847, in Reading, where his paternal ancestors have resided from the first settlement. Not only his Parker ancestors but the Bancrofts, Nichols and others were among the founders of the town of Reading, and have been among the principal families ever since. He was educated in the public schools, graduating from the Reading high school in the class of 1865. He entered Dartmouth College, and in three years completed the four year course, graduating in 1868. In 1869 he engaged in business in Boston as junior member of the firm of Briggs & Parker, wholesale dealers in tea and coffee, with their place of business on Broad street. Purchasing the interests of his partner after a few years, Mr. Parker has since conducted the business under his own name. He is at present located at 168 Milk street, Boston. where he built up a large and prosperous business. Mr. Parker devotes himself closely to his business, but is active in the duties of citizenship and interested in the welfare and development of the town which has been his home and the home of his ancestors for so many years. He has for many years been a member of the school committee, serving as its secretary since his first election, and at the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the town he did excellent service on the executive committee in charge of the celebration. He is an active member of the Reading Congregational Church, and has been assistant superintendent of the Sunday school. He has never married.

(III) Jonathan Parker, son of Sergeant John Parker (2), was born July 18, 1681, in Reading, and was a farmer there. He was known on the records as Jonathan Jr., to distinguish him from his cousin Jonathan Parker, an older man, and the history of Reading has the two somewhat confused. Jonathan married, 1706, Anna Flint, of Reading. Children: 1. Timothy, born 1711. 2. Anna, 1714. 3. John,

Parker Jr. (3), was born in Reading, 1723. He settled when a young man in the adjacent town of Dracut, where his descendants have lived to the present time. He died there in 1776. He was a soldier of the Revolution on the Lexington alarm, in Captain Stephen Russell's company, Colonel Green's regiment, and was corporal in Captain Joshua Reed's company, Colonel Varnum's regiment from December 13, 1775, to April, 1776. His son, Kendall Parker, was in Captain Joseph Bradley Varnum's company, Colonel Simeon Spaulding's regiment, 1777, and also paid ten pounds to hire men for the Continental army later in the war. The father and son were active patriots to the extent of their powers. He married first, Mary , died at Dracut, November 7, 1756. He married second (intentions dated March 7, 1757) Priscilla Austin. He married third, Mrs. Jane Jones (intention dated August 8, 1778). She died December 24, 1806, at Dracut. Children of first wife, born at Dracut: 1. Susannah, February 22, 1749-50. 2. Kendall Jr., born April 4, 1751-2, as noted above, married (intention dated October 14, 1777) Dolly Richardson; had large family of children born in Dracut. 3. Peter, mentioned below. 4. Samuel, (twin of Peter) born May 17,1754. Children of second wife, Priscilla: 5. Mary, born June 5, 1759. 6. Elizabeth, July 28, 1762. 7. Jonathan, February 18, 1764. 8. Priscilla, February 13, 1766. 9. Rachel, May 31,1770. 10. Daniel, September 9, 1773.

(V) Peter Parker, son of Kendall Parker (4), was born in Dracut, May 17, 1754. He was a farmer at Dracut all his life. He married (intention dated July 8, 1785) Bridget Coburn. Children, born at Dracut: 1. Samuel, July 21, 1787. 2. Elsy, September 29, p789: 3. Hannah; Joly'28, 1791. eeete ie,

(V1) Theodore Parker, son of Peter Parker (5), was born in Dracut in June, 1799. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and followed farming there. He married (intention dated December 19, 1829) Lydia Carter, of Wilmington, Massachusetts, born 1801, died June 26, 1832; married second, (intention dated January 9, 1834) Hannah Greeley, of Hudson, New Hampshire. He removed to the adjoining town of Lowell, Massachusetts. Children: 1. Theodore Edson, mentioned below. Child of second wife: 2. Dr. Moses Greeley.

(VII) Theodore Edson Parker, son of Theodore Parker (6), was born at Lowell, about 1832. He was educated in the public schools of Lowell, and was a man of scholarly tastes. He was in no active business, but was occupied in the management and development of his property. He was interested in public affairs, and was a Republican in politics, but never sought public office. He was a man of strict integrity and high character, having the respect and esteem of his neighbors. He was generous and kindly in his nature and gave freely to various charities and benevolences. He married Frances J. Brackett. .

(VIII) Theodore Edson Parker Jr., only child of Theodore Edson Parker (7), was born in Lowell, 1858. He was educated in the common and high schools of Lowell, at Amherst College, and Harvard University, a member of the class of 1881, but did not complete his course. When he left college he went into the Boott Cotton mill at Lowell, learned the business in a practical way in the various departments, and filled a position of responsibility with this corporation from 1879 to 1896. He then left the cotton manufacturing business to engage in the telephone business, and is now district superintendent of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company for southern Massachusetts, with offices in Boston. He stands well in the business community as a man of sound judgment and thorough understanding of his business, of uprightness and executive ability. He is a member of the Puritan Club of Boston, and of the York, Vesper and Country Clubs of Lowell. In politics he is a Republican. He married, December 22, 1903, Harriet, daughter of Edward and Eliza (Jaques) Talbot, of Lowell. They have no children.

Massachusetts, March 27, 1701, died 1790; married, 1723, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Lilly; she died 1771, aged seventy-three years. He first settled on the place in Franklin street recently owned by Richard Parker, where about 1725 he built the house on that place. He afterward exchanged places with his brother Benjamin, who had succeeded to his father's homestead, the same property still owned and occupied by his descendants in Reading. Children: 1. John, born 1724, settled in Royalston, Massachusetts. 2. Jonas, see forward. 3. Jacob. 4. Sarah, born 1738,. married Nathaniel Cowdrey. 5. Elizabeth. 6. Bridget, married John Orne, of Lynnfield. 7. Hannah. 8. Amos.

(V) Jonas Parker, son of John Parker (4), was born in Reading, in 1728. He succeeded to the homestead. He was lieutenant of the Reading company in the revolution, under Captain Thomas Eaton, Colonel Green's regiment, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. Children: "1. Jonas, see sketch. 2. Mary. 3. Aaron, see forward. 4. William, settled near the old place where his grandson William B. Parker lately lived. 5. Amos; see sketch.

(VI) Aaron Parker, son of Jonas Parker (5), was born in Reading, in 1757, and settled in that town. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Thomas Eaton's company, later; also in Captain Jesse Wyman's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment, in 1777, in Rhode Island campaign; also in Captain William Green's company, Colonel Cyprian How's regiment, in 1780, in Rhode Island campaign. He married Jerusha Damon. Children: 1. Aaron Jr., see forward. 2. Jabez D., father of Samuel and Wyman Parker. 3. John. 4. William, father of Warren, Edward and William C. Parker and Rev. B. Wyman Parker, the missionary. 5. Polly, married Silas Smith, parents of Sydney Smith, assistant engineer of U.S. ship "Kearsarge."

(VII) Aaron Parker, son of Aaron Parker (6), born in Reading, 1788; married Rebecca, daughter of Captain Joseph Bancroft. He was a farmer in his native town. Children: 1. Henry F., mentioned below. 2. Deacon Stillman E., see sketch. 3. Rebecca, married John Adden, parents of John Henry Adden.

Parker (7), was born in Reading, and was educated in the common schools. He married Luthera Emerson, a descendant of Thomas Emerson (1) of Ipswich. He removed with his family to Chicago, Illinois, and thence to Lawrence, Kansas, about 1856, when the anti-slavery movement was active in the effort to save Kansas from the blight of slaverv. In 1880 he went to Pike's Peak, Colorado, and was state senator in the first legislature in that new state. Children: 1. Henry Kirk, served as private in First Colorado Cavalry Regiment, and killed in battle of Pawnee. 2. Aaron Holmes, served throughout the civil war as first sergeant in First Colorado Cavalry Regiment; later entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, St. Louis and Kansas conferences; married in Missouri, and died 1903. 3. Walter Scott; see forward. 4. Frederick Hale, of Reading; proprietor of Cummings Express; served nine months in civil war as a private, enlisting at age of sixteen; married Alice Gibson. 5. Frank M., died in childhood. 6. Edward Clark, was a mason by trade; later went to Kingman, Kansas, bought a farm, and died there; married Nora Conley. 7. Florence, was a trained nurse in Boston; died at age of about thirty-five years. 8. Stillman Roy, of Reading born in Kansas; in employ of Boston & Maine railway; married Ann Newhall, of Lynn, Massachusetts.

(IX) Walter Scott Parker, son of Henry F. Parker (8), was born in Reading, July 21, 1846. He spent his early childhood in his native town, and attended school there. When ten years old he accompanied his parents to Illinois, and thence to Kansas. Young Parker continued his schooling in Lawrence, Kansas, and was a student in the high school there - the first school of that grade in the territory. In 1859 Henry F. Parker, with his two sons, Henry Kirk and Aaron Holmes went to Colorado. He and the rest of the family returned to Reading, Massachusetts, and after working on the farm for two years he became bookkeeper in the shoe factory of his uncle, Stillman E. Parker. He also attended the Reading high school for a time, but did not remain to graduate. July 19, 1864, when lacking two days of being eighteen years old, he enlisted in Company E, Eighth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and served until the end of the war. In the following spring (1865) he entered the Chandler Scientific School of Dartmouth College, teaching during the winter terms in Chelmsford and Bradford while a student, and graduated from college in 1868. Shortly afterward he was chosen principal of Dowse Academy, Sherborn, and later principal of the Medfield high school, where he remained one year. He was then elected principal of a large grammar and graded school in New Bedford, Massachusetts, but after a few weeks he accepted the position of sub-master of the Dwight School in Boston. He remained there from April, 1872, to December, 1884, when he was elected master of the Bennett School of Boston, where he remained four years. In 1888 he was transferred to the mastership of the Everett School, Boston, and attained a high reputation for his excellent teaching and executive ability. Mr. Parker took a personal interest in his pupils, and won their affection as well as respect. Huis brilliant record as a school principal brought him into prominence, and in June, 1894, he was elected supervisor of the public schools of Boston, without any effort on his part to obtain the position. In 1906 this office was given the new designation of assistant superintendent, and he has filled it to the present time to the utmost satisfaction of all concerned. He was connected for many years with the National Summer School of Methods at Saratoga, New York, as a lecturer on history, and for some years was manager and secretary. He has been treasurer of the Massachusetts Teachers' Association for several years, and in December, 1895, was elected its president. He has been for many years a member of the National Historical Society. In collaboration with Calvin G. Hutchinson he is author of an extensive work on "The Principles and Practice of Bookkeepeing."

While absorbed by the duties of his profession, Mr. Parker has always shown an abiding interest in the affairs of his native town, and he has been elected to many positions of trust and responsibility. He has been a member of the Reading school committee since 1873, and for more than twenty years has been chairman of the board. He has also been one of the trustees of the public library; and was chairman of the building committee in the erection of the new high school building in Reading, completed in 1906; was one of the originators and promoters of the First National Bank of Reading, of which he was a director from the first, and president since January, 1907; and was one of the originators of the Mechanics Savings Bank; is a trustee of the Mechanics Savings Bank of Reading. He was a member of the joint committee from Reading, Wakefield and North Reading in charge of the very successful celebration of the quarter-millenial of the founding of the town of Reading, and was chairman of that body. He was commander of the local Grand Army of the Republic Veteran Post No. 194 during the first two years of its existence; is a member of Good Samaritan Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Reading, of St. Paul's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Boston; of Hugh de Payens Commandery, Knights Templar of Melrose; and in 1901 was district deputy grand master of the Seventh Masonic District. He is a charter member and was first governor of Pilgrim Fathers Chapter, of Reading. He is a member of the Congregational church, Reading. Mr. Parker married, June 8, 1870, Martha Isabelle Badger, a direct descendant in the maternal line of Colonel William Ball, who came from England about 1650 and settled in Lancaster county, Virginia, one of whose grandchildren was Mary Ball, mother of George Washington. They have three sons and three daughters: 1. Grace Badger, married George Clough, general manager for Russell Company, Boston; one child, Robert. 2. Ralph Walter Parker, M. D., Lowell, a graduate of Boston University Medical School; he is a surgeon of ability, and has a large practice; married Mildred King, of Kingston, Canada. 3. Florence Buxton, wife of Calvin P. Atwood, clerk in auditor's department of custom house; one child, Ralph. 4. Harold Francis, salesman for Staples Coal Company, Boston; graduate of Dartmouth College, class of 1902. 5. Agnes Isabelle, single; a vocalist. 6. Robert Emerson, a student at Dartmouth College.

PARKER Jonas Parker (5), was born in 1750-51, in Reading, Massachusetts. He married Betsey Taylor of that town and they lived there all their lives. Children, born in Reading: 1. Amos, Jr., married Nancy Batchelder, parents of Solon A.

(VII) Dana Parker, son of Amos Parker (6), was born November 21, 1805, at Reading, and died there February 8 or 9, 1892. He married Elizabeth Steele, who was born at

Reading, July 26, 1814, and died there April 27, 1882. He was a farmer at Reading all his life. Children, born at Reading: 1. Milton D., born January 5, 1845, mentioned below. 2. Galen A., born May 10, 1847, married Edna S. Barrus, daughter of Hiram Barrus.

(VIII) Milton D. Parker, son of Dana Parker (7), was born in Reading, January 5, 1845, and was educated there in the public schools. He settled in his native place and followed farming. He was for many years a town cattle inspector. In politics he was a Republican. His family are members of the Reading Congregational church. He was one of the best known citizens of the old town, and enjoyed the respect and confidence of all his townsmen. His farm. was located on Salem street and in many respects was a model one. His son, Alverde H. Parker, was associated with him for several years in the conduct and management of the homestead. He married Melvina Bancroft, at Reading, Massachusetts, December 2, 1868. She is the daughter of James H. and Emily (Eames) Bancroft, of Reading, Massachusetts, and is descended from John Bancroft (1), a pioneer at Lynn, Massachusetts, whose son, Thomas Bancroft, is the progenitor of most of this surname in this country. (See sketch of the Bancroft family of Reading, Massachusetts, in this work). Children of Milton D. and Melvina (Bancroft) Parker: 1. Edith Bancroft, born July 16, 1872, resides at home with her parents; graduate of Reading high school. 2. Alverde H., born July 28, 1875, educated in the public schools of Reading, was associated with his father in farming and market gardening on the homestead, Salem street, Reading. Milton D. Parker died July 13, 1907.

died 1800. He settled on the place at Ash street, Reading, recently owned by Charles Tweed, later owned by Mrs. B. F. Newhall. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in Captain John Bachellor's company, ' Colonel Ebenezer Bridge's regiment, April 19, 1775, and through the summer following; _ also private Third Middlesex Regiment, enlisted in the Continental army; age given as twenty-three, stature five feet seven inches; was at Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York, summer of 1778; private in Captain William

Green's company, Colonel Samuel Denny's regiment, 1779; also Captain William Green's company, Colonel Cyprian How's regiment, 1780, in Rhode Island campaign. Married, 1780, Susanna Leathe. Children: Captain Jonas, and Ephraim, mentioned below.

(VII) Ephraim Parker, son of Jonas Parker (6), born in Reading, September 9, 1795, died March 26, 1844, aged forty-nine years. He settled in Reading. He married, March 26, 1820, Harriet M. Fletcher, of Boxford. Children: Jerome, Clarkson, mentioned below; Ellen, Mary, Warner.

(VIII) Clarkson Parker, son of Ephraim Parker (7), born at Reading, July 20, 1834, died there February 13, 1905. He married Ellen A. Pratt, born in Reading, Massachusetts, May 31, 1836, died there July 19, 1902. They lived in Reading. Child: George Wanson, mentioned below.

(IX) George Wanson Parker, son of Clarkson Parker (8), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, February 6, 1858. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He has had a mercantile career, having been a traveling salesman for the past twenty-four years for Berry Brothers. He is well known throughout New England in the trade, and especially in Reading where he was born and where he has always resided. He is a member of Good Samaritan Lodge, F. and A. M. He married, November 20, 1883, Jennie L. Eames, born February 6, 1860, daughter of Emory B. and Emma K. Eames, of Reading. Children: 1. Harry C., born July 21, 1884. 2. Clarence K., July 9, 1885. 3. George L., June 7, 1887. 4. Charles J., April 1, 1889. 5. Elmer F., May 19, 1894. 6. Elliott E., November 28, 1895.

PARKER Parker, son of Aaron Parker (7), was born in Reading, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools of his native city; Phillips Academy, Andover; Warren Academy, Woburn; and Amherst College, where he was a student during part of the course. He entered college in 1841, and after studying about two years was obliged to leave on account of ill health. He engaged in the manufacture of shoes and continued in that line of business for a period of thirty-five years, employing at times a Jarge force, largely those born and reared in Reading. As an employer he had the respect and esteem of his employees, and was always willing to give them in wages a fair proportion of the profits of the business. He was active in public life, serving in the capacity of member of the boards of selectmen, assessors and overseers of the poor in 1855: member of the school committee twenty-two years; a justice of the peace since 1855; representative to the general court in 1859. He was one of the original members of Bethesda Church, and was always active in church work and benevolences; he was clerk of the parish a number of years, was chosen deacon of the church in 1854, and was the first superintendent of the Sunday school, continuing as such for thirty years. He is living at the present time (1908) at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. He married (first) a Miss Leathe, who bore him two children: 1. Roselia S., unmarried, resides in Lynn, Massachusetts. 2. Loella R., wife of Dr. A. E. Winship, of Somerville, Massachusetts. He married (second) Emeline A. Pratt, born at Reading, Massachusetts, December, 1821, and died January 31, 1908. Children: 1. Abbie M., born 1852, wife of William Bassett, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 2. Edward H., born 1854, resides in Abington, Massachusetts. 3. Justin L., born 1857, resides in Winchester, Massachusetts. 4. Henry C., born March 21, 1859, of whom later.

(IX) Henry C. Parker, son of Stillman E. Parker (8), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, March 21, 1859. He attended the public schools of Reading, graduating from the high school, and then pursued a course at the State Normal School at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He began to teach in Southampton, Massachusetts, remaining for the greater part of one vear, when he was made principal of the Haydenville high school, serving two years, after which he served as principal for periods of two years in the Wollaston School, Quincy, and Morse School, Somerville, Massachusetts. In 1886 he was elected sub-master of the Dwight School, Boston, and later transferred to Warren School, Charlestown, as sub-master, remaining four years, when he became master of Harvard School, Charlestown, which position he has filled with conspicuous ability and great success to the present time. Mr. Parker has traveled extensively both in America and Europe, visiting the points of interest in both the old and new worlds. He is an honorary member of Massachusetts Schoolmasters' Club, financial secretary of Boston Teachers' Mutual Benefit Association, member of National Educational Association, American Institute of Instruc- tion, Congregational Club of Boston, and Boston Masters' Club. He is also a member of Good Samaritan Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Royal Arch Chapter, of Reading, and Hugh de Payens Commandery, Knights Templar, Melrose. He is a member of the Reading Congregational Church, active in Sabbath school work. He is a vocalist, and sang for ten years in quartette choirs at Somerville, Massachusetts, and for ten years member of Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. He has served as school committeeman of Reading ten years, and was a member of the building committee on the erection of the Reading high school. He is a Republican in politics. He married, in 1883, Henrietta Cogan, of Northampton, Massachusetts. Children: 1. Raymond B., born December 3, 1885, senior in Dartmouth College, medical course.: 2. Helen B., born January 12, 1894, student in the Reading high school. Richard Hildreth, immi- HILDRETH grant ancestor, settled first in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was admitted a freeman May 10, 1643; was town officer 1645. He removed to Woburn and signed the petition dated May 10, 1653, with twenty-eight others, for the town subsequently named Chelmsford. He was before that a petitioner for Woburn and Concord. The Chelmsford town records show that Sergeant. Hildreth received, prior to March 3, 1663, from the general court, grants of eight separate lots of land amounting to one hundred and five acres. In 1664 the general court allowed him one hundred and fifty acres additional on account of his having lost his right hand. It is believed that Richard Hildreth and his son James were the ancestors from which all the Hildreths of this country are descended. Richard Hildreth died in 1688, aged eighty-three years. His wife Elizabeth died at Malden, August 3, 1693, aged sixtyeight. In his will made February 9, 1686, he mentions wife and children. Children: 1. James, born 1631; mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, born September 21, 1646. 3. Sarah, August 8, 1648. 4. Joseph, born April 16, 1658; married December 12, 1683, Abigail Wilson ; died January 28, 1706. 5. Persis, born February 8, 1659-60. 6. Thomas, born February I, 1661-2. 7. Isaac, born July, 1663. 8. Abigail, married Moses Parker, of Chelmsford. 9g. (Probably one of the eldest-mentioned as "Natural" in the will), Ephraim, of Stowe, to whom the Chelmsford homestead was bequeathed.

(II) James Hildreth, son of Sergeant Richard Hildreth (1), was born in England in 1631, according to an affidavit made September 30, 1651, to be found in the Middlesex files, and which establishes the fact that Richard was his father. He was a freeman in 1665. He died intestate. The estate was administered by his son-in-law, Israel Proctor. The division of the estate in 1695 names the children then living in the order of birth. James Hildreth married, June i, 1659, Margaret Ward. He died April 14, 1695. Children: 1. Richard. 2. Margaret, married Israel Proctor. 3. Abigail. 4. Dorothy. 5. Ephraim, mentioned below.

(111) Major Ephraim Hildreth, son of James Hildreth (2), born in Chelmsford, January 9, 1680, died in Dracut, formerly a part of Chelmsford, September 26, 1740. He married, 1707, Mercy Richardson, born January 9g, 1688, in Chelmsford, died in Dracut, December 25, 1743, daughter of Lieutenant Josiah and Mercy (Parish) Richardson. Her mother was daughter of Robert and Elisabeth (Blanchard) Parish, of Groton; her father

Ephraim Hildreth seems to have been a surveyor, and was repeatedly employed by the town. During his early life he was a resident of Chelmsford, and after the part of the town in which he lived became Dracut, he became identified with the history of the new town. He was town clerk of Dracut most of the time irom 1713 to his death in 1740, and was succeeded by his son Ephraim. It is rather remarkable that the succession continued through four generations. After Ephraim Jr. came William and William Jr. in direct line. On March 3, 1800, Lieutenant Israel Hildreth was chosen town clerk, the fifth Hildreth in successive generations to hold the position. Major Hildreth was a commissioner September 3, 1734, from Dracut to other neighboring towns concerning a new county, of which Chelmsford was to be the county seat. He was sergeant in 1712. He was assessor, surveyor of highways, tythingman, town treasurer, trustee and selectman of the town of Dracut at various times; served on many special committees for the town; became captain about 1722, and major about 1736. His will was proved 1740. It mentions his children by name. Children: 1. Ephraim Jr., born July 18, 1708; died in Dracut August 5, 1769; was very prominent in Dracut; town

(IV) Elijah Hildreth, son of Major Ephraim Hildreth (3), born in Dracut, May 23, 1728, died there May 14, 1814. He married first, December 27, 1746, Hannah Colburn, who died. May 11, 1753. He married second, February I, 1755, Susanna Barker, who died October 17, 1764. He married third, June 1, 1765, Mrs. Hannah (Richardson) Coburn, of Dracut, born December 25, 1725, died October 19, 1807, daughter of Captain Josiah and Lydia Richardson, and widow of Joshua Coburn. He was chosen a reeve of Dracut March 20, 1748. He did work on the meeting house in 1749. With his brothers he joined in deeding land to the town of Dracut for a burying ground, according to the wish of his father, then deceased. He was surveyor of highways in 1764, constable in 1766. He was enrolled as a minute man in the revolution, and was first on the roll of Captain Simon Hunt's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards, from July 1, to December 16, 1778. Children of first wife: 1. Jeremiah, born March 3, 1748; died November 26, 1753. 2. Hannah, born May 4, 1750; died February 23, 1755. Children of second wife: 3. Israel, born October 13, 1755, mentioned below. 4. Hannah, born October 15, 1757; married July 6, 1775, Obadiah Richardson; died January 16, 1850. 5. Susannah, born September 30, 1764; married November 23, 1785, William Richardson. Child of third wife: 6. Huldah, born February 2, 1766.

(V) Lieutenant Israel Hildreth, son of Elijah Hildreth (4), born October 13, 1755, died September 6, 1839; married, April 28, 1781, Susanna Hale, who died February 27, 1834. When he was nineteen years old he went to Newburyport and went on a schooner as privateersman under Captain Timothy

Newman. During the first engagement, with an English brig, Captain Newman cursed a gunner for flinching when his gun was fired. Lieutenant Hildreth used often to tell how he volunteered to take the gunner's place and successfully fired the piece, with the threats of the captain ringing in his ears. On another, he, by an audacious stratagem and simulated idiocy, aided by a fiddle and one man, escaped capture and death by a British manof-war. A few years later he was a lieutenant in the Middlesex militia. He served in the revolution as a private at Claverstock, New York, from October 19, to November 23, 1779, in Captain John Porter's company, Colonel Samuel Denny's regiment. He was elected deputy to the general court May 3, 1793, and was re-elected representative six times, the last occasion being May 2, 1806. He filled in succession nearly all the offices in the gift of his townsmen - was assessor, constable, tax collector, overseer of the poor, member of school committee, town clerk, town treasurer, tythingman and selectman, besides various less important trusts; was justice of the peace also. He was a member of the old meeting house at Dracut Center. Children: 1. Elijah, born October 3, 1781; married April 3, 1803, Jane Parker; died October 27, 1830. 2. Susannah, born October 11, 1783; married December 29, 1803, Moses Fletcher. 3. Lydia, born April 16, 1786; married November 10, 1803, Captain Samuel Hildreth. 4. Israel, born December 12, 1789; died June 2, 1790. 5. Israel, born February 28, 1791; mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth, born May 28, 1793; married February 2, 1815, Jeremiah Kidder Jr.; married second, February 24, 1824, Phineas Wood, Esq.

(VI) Dr. Israel Hildreth, son of Lieutenant Israel Hildreth (5), was born at Dracut, February 28, 1791. He commenced the practice of his profession in his native town in 1815, after studying under Dr. Thomas of Tyngsborough and Dr. Wyman of Chelmsford, taking also a course of medical lectures in Boston and receiving a license to practice from the censors of the Massachusetts Medical Society. He was a member of Pentucket Lodge of Free Masons of Lowell, and was elected master October 28, 1819, serving five years and declining re-election. He was surgeon of the Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Infantry. He was active in town affairs, served as surveyor, justice of the peace, moderator, member of the school committee and on many important committees and in other town offices. He had an extensive practice, but gradually other interests absorbed all his time and he relinquished medicine for business. "Dr. Hildreth was endowed with tmost extraordinary powers of mind. His native eloquence as well as his peculiar tastes and talents especially adapted him to the forum or bar, and if circumstances in early life had led him in that direction he would have attained the highest eminence. In the equally useful and honorable though less showy profession which he selected, he held an enviable position. He was a keen sagacious observer of the phenomena of disease and hence a successful practitioner." "Dr. Hildreth was void of timidity, earnest even to asperity, prompt, energetic, dignified, scholarly, and never disheartened by opposition. He gave shape, substance, life and grace of and diction to whatever i Soi his well-balanced brain and judgment gave attention. * * * He was well read in theology, he loved poetry and was captivated by science. * * * He lacked the requisites for a successful politician. His doctrines, objects and public policy were open. He had no gifts for strategy, no disposition to drill men into mere machines politically."

He married, December 16, 1813, Dolly Jones, of Dracut, born 1792, daughter of Oliver Jones and Dolly (Clement) Jones, and granddaughter of Hugh Jones Jr., of Dracut, who married August 10, 1751, Sarah Fletcher. Dolly Clements, born August 16, 1762, was daughter of Daniel and Eunice Clements. Dr. Hildreth died April 6, 1859. Dolly (Jones) Hildreth died February 26, 1858. Children: 1. Rowena, born September 21, 1814; married May 2, 1833, Henry Reade, who died August 2, 1878. 2. Sarah Jones, born August 17, 1816; married May 16, 1844, General Benjamin Franklin Butler (see sketch) ; she died April 8, 1876. 3. Fisher Ames, born February 5, 1818; married November 5, 1846, Lauretta Coburn; he died July 9, 1873. 4. Susan, born November 24, 1819; married August 21, 1850, William Prentiss Webster ; ane died April 12, 1874. 5. Harriett, born August 21, 1821; married April 24, 1855, Franklin Fiske Heard; she died May 1, 1866. 6. Dolly Maria, born September 30. 1824; married April 5, 1852, Colonel John Milton Grosvenor Parker, of Lowell. 7. John Richardson Cole, born March 1, 1825; died April to, 1826. 8. Laura Wright, born September 6, 1826; married July 23, 1863, George Howard Pearson; she died January 5, 1891.

Ruggles Coat-Of-Arms

"Ruggles: from Rugeley, a local name in Staffordshire. Members of the family who emigrated to New England in 1637 spelled the name Ruggle, and their descendants have it both with and without the s. The arms of Rugeley and Ruggles are identical.''* - British Family Names, 2nd ed., by Rev. Henry Barber, F. S. A., London, England.

"Descended from an ancient and respectable family of the name of Ruggeley, though since corrupted to Ruggles, they were, says Sir William Dugdale, gentlemen of good note. In the tenth year of Henry V. they resided at Hawkesbeard, in Staffordshire, Nicholas Ruggeley, Esq., of Hawkesbeard, bought an estate in Warwickshire, and about 1423 removed to Dunton, in the same county. At the beginning of the sixteenth century a younger branch of the family removed first into Lincolnshire and soon after to Suffolk, of which branch was George Ruggles, the author.'j - Wright's History of County of Essex, England.

RUGGLES bury, Suffolk, England, Esquire; will .made- June. 2%, 1547. His children: 1. Nicholas Ruggles, of Sudbury, Suffolk. 2. John Ruggles, of Stanstead, Suffolk, will proved May 19, 1566; I. Ann Ruggles; 2. Elizabeth Ruggles.

(Il) Nicholas Ruggles, of Sudbury, Suffolk. His children: 1. Roger Ruggles, married February 23, 1573, Margery Dandye. 2. George Ruggles, of Sudbury, Suffolk; will proved May 16, 1616; married June 5, 1575, Alice Dandye. 3. Thomas Ruggles, of Sudbury, Suffolk, and Nazing, Essex. 4. Edward Ruggles. 5. William Ruggles, married October 6, 1577, Mary Brundish. 6. Robert Ruggles, of Lavenham, Suffolk; died June 21, 1605. 1. Margery Ruggles, married January 19, 1584, John Drury.

(IIl) Thomas Ruggles, of Sudbury, Suffolk, and Nazing, Essex. His children: 1. Thomas Ruggles, of Nazing, Essex, and Roxbury, Massachusetts; married Mary Curtis. 2. John Ruggles, of Nazing, Essex, and Roxbury, Massachusetts. 3. Samuel Ruggles. 4. Nathaniel Ruggles. 1. Florence Ruggles. 2. Mary Ruggles.

(IV) Thomas Ruggles, of Nazing, Essex, and Roxbury, Massachusetts, (1637); will made November 9, 1644; married November I, 1620, Mary Curtis, sister of William Curtis, the first of Roxbury. His children: 1. Thomas Ruggles, died in England. 2. John Ruggles, baptized January 6, 1625; married Abigail Craft. 3. Samuel Ruggles, born 1629, married Hannah Fowle. 1. Sarah Ruggles, married William Lyon.

(V) John Ruggles, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, baptized January 6, 1625; died September 15, 1658; will made September 9, same year; married January 24, 1651, Abigail, daughter of Griffin Craft, the first settler in Roxbury. His children: 1. John Ruggles, born January 22, 1654, married Martha Devotion. 2. Thomas Ruggles, born January 28, 1655. 3. Samuel Ruggles, born August 16, 1657.

(VI) John Ruggles, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, born January 22, 1654, died December 16, 1694; married September 1, 1674, Martha, daughter of Edward Devotion (De Vaution), a French Huguenot of noble family. His children: 1. John Ruggles, born March 16, 1680; married Sarah Tilden. 2. Edward Ruggles, born October 2, 1691, married Hannah Craft. 1. Abigail Ruggles, married Thomas Richardson. 2. Martha Ruggles, married Jonathan Smith.

(VIL) Edward Ruggles, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, born October 2, 1691, died September 16, 1765; will made December 4, 1764.* Married, June 24, 1716, Hannah, daughter of Samuel Craft, of Roxbury; married (second) Mrs. Abigail Williams. His children (by first wife): 1. Samuel Ruggles, born March 29, 1717. 2. Edward Ruggles, born June 22, 1724; married Ann Sumner. 3. Thomas Ruggles, born November 15, 1729.

(VIII) Edward Ruggles, of Pomfret, Connecticut, born June 22, 1724, died December 25, 1797; married Ann, daughter of Samuel Sumner, lineal descendant of William Sumner, of Dorchester, 1636, and Robert Tucker, of Weymouth, 1635, and Milton, 1662. His children: 1. Benjamin Ruggles, of Pomfret, born August 10, 1747, a soldier in the Revolution; married Elizabeth Durkee; their son was Hon. Benjamin Ruggles, United States Senator from Ohio, 1815-33. 2. Samuel Ruggles, of Willington, born February 25, 1751, a soldier in the Revolution; married Lucy Robinson. 3. Edward Ruggles, of Pomfret, born April 3, 1763. 4. Thomas Ruggles, of Windsor, Vermont, born August 11, 1765; married Elethea Smith; their son was Stephen Preston Ruggles, of Boston, inventor and _philanthropist; among his patented devices was the movable platen of the printing press. I. Abigail Ruggles. 2. Elizabeth Ruggles. 3. Ann Ruggles. 4. Hannah Ruggles.

*He left for the times a large property. His holdings included the Cambridge estate and others in Roxbury, Newton and Warwick, Massachusetts, Pomfret, Connecticut; and extensive woodlands in Canada.

ried September 17, 1772, Lucy, daughter of John Robinson, of Lebanon, lineal descendant of William Robinson, of Dorchester, Samuel Hinckley, of Barnstable, William Peabody, of Duxbury, and John Alden, of Plymouth. His children: 1. Ebenezer Ruggles, of Walpole, New Hampshire, born December 17, 1773. 2. John Ruggles, of Rutland, Vermont, born February 3, 1776.

(X) Major John Ruggles, of Rutland, Vermont, born February 3, 1776. He was a great landholder, and his farm embraced a large portion of the ground now covered by the most populous and important section of the city of Rutland, including both sides of Merchants' Row; his mansion on West street, formerly "Ruggles Hill," is still standing. He died February 19, 1831. He married, December 15, 1807, Eunice, daughter of Phineas Kingsley, of Rutland, a soldier of the Revolution, lineal descendant of John Kingsley, one of the founders of Taunton, and Henry Adams, of Braintree (now Quincy), the ancestor of Presidents John and John Quincy Adams, and the Revolutionary patriot, Samuel Adams. Their children: 1. Gershom Cheney Ruggles, of Rutland, born February 3, 1810, married Mary Cheney, daughter of Hon. Moses Leavitt Neal, of Londonderry, New Hampshire. 2. Henry Bond Ruggles, of Boston and Wakefield, Massachusetts, born July 9, 1813. 3. George Fitch Ruggles, of Aurora, Illinois, born December 12, 1818; married Louisa, daughter of Hon. John Gould, of Essex, New York. 1. Julia Sparrow Ruggles, married William H. Elmore, of Peru, New York.

(XI) Henry Bond Ruggles, of Boston and Wakefield, Massachusetts, born July 9, 1813, died November 9, 1897. He married, May 31, 1836, Parna Bird, daughter of Simeon Dunbar, of North Bridgewater; married (second) August 4, 1844, Mary Goodwin, daughter of Jonathan Ross, of Harrison, Maine, granddaughter of Jonathan Ross, of Shapleigh, and John Goodwin, of Arundel, both soldiers of the Revolution, and lineal descendant of Hugh Ross, of Berwick, Daniel Goodwin, of Kittery, Captain Roger Plaisted, of Berwick, Rev. John Wheelwright, the founder of Exeter, New Hampshire, Abraham Preble, of Scituate, ancestor of General Jedediah and Commodore Edward Preble, Nathaniel Tilden, of Scituate, ancestor of Governor Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, Nathan Lord, of Kittery, Anthony Emery, of Newbury, and Maturin Ricker, of Cocheco, New Hampshire.

His children: 1. Francis Dunbar Ruggles, born August 17, 1837, of New Orleans, Louisiana; killed in battle, Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862, Washington Artillery of New Orleans, Confederate States Army. 2. Henry Stoddard Ruggles, born October 31, 1846, of Wakefield, Massachusetts. 1. Mary Elizabeth Ruggles, died in early life.

(XII) Henry Stoddard Ruggles, of Wakefield, born October 31, 1846; married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of William Ryan, of Boston, lineal descendant of James Ryan, Esq., of Kilkeyll, Ireland. His children: 1. Henry Ruggles, born February 20, 1879, died Janvary 24, 1881. 2. Francis Dunbar Ruggles, born August 9, 1883. 3. Horace Cheney Ruggles, born June 18, 1887, died February 9, 1888. 1. Alicia Ruggles, married Charles Arthur Atwell. 2. Emmeline Ruggles. 3. Mary Rosamond Ruggles. 4. Marguerite Ruggles. 5. Mabel Lyman Ruggles. 6. Louisa Kingsley Ruggles. 7. Lucia Dalton Ruggles. 8. Julia Parker Ruggles.

' 22, 1867. He was educated in the public schools of that city and studied his profession in the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, graduating in 1889. He opened an office soon after graduation and settled to the practice of medicine in the city of Lowell, achieving a high rank in his profession. He is independent in politics. He belongs to the following medical societies: American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, Middlesex North District Medical Society and Massachusetts Meedico- Legal Society. He is surgeon to St. John's Hospital, Lowell; surgeon to Lowell General Hospital; surgeon to Lowell Hospital, and associate medical examiner of Fifth Middlesex District.

He married Sarah Maria Parker, born in Lowell September 4, 1867, daughter of Colonel John Milton Grosvenor and Dolly Maria (Hildreth) Parker. (See sketch of Parker family, Lowell; and of Hildreth family). Mrs. Meigs was educated in the public and high schools of Lowell; is a member of St. Anne's Protestant Episcopal Church of Lowell and of the Middlesex Club. Children: 1. Eugenia, born December 14, 1890. 2. Joe V. Jr., born October 24, 1892. 3. Hildreth, born

The surnames Samson dates back to the first use of surnames and is of ancient origin. It is of the same class as Thompson, Johnson, those denoting relationship. Most of the Samsons, or Sampsons, as the name is often spelled in America, are descended from Henry and Abraham Samson, of Duxbury, who are supposed to have been brothers. Henry Samson came to America in the '"Mayflower" with the family of his uncle, Edward Tilly. He was made a freeman January 5, 1035-36, and was a volunteer for the Pequot war in 1637. He resided in Duxbury. He married Ann Plummer. He died December 24, 1684.

(1) Abraham Samson, probably brother of Henry Samson, came from England some time after his brother, probably in 1629 or 1630. _ He settled in Duxbury and was on the list of those able to bear arms in 1643. He was one of the fifty-four original grantees of the town of Bridgewater in 1645, all of whom resided in Duxbury, but he did not remove there. He was surveyor of highways in 1648; constable 1653. He was admitted a freeman in 1654. He died some time after 1686. He married Nash, daughter of Lieutenant Samuel Nash, of Duxbury. Children: 1. Samuel, born about 1646, married Esther 2} George, born 1655, married Elizabeth : 3. Abraham, born about 1658, married Lorah Standish. 4. Isaac, mentioned below. Probably others.

(IL) Isaac Samson, son of Abraham Samson (1), was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1660. He was one of the first settlers of Plympton, and lived on the spot where stood the house occupied in 1800 by Elijah Bisbee. It was the second house from Plympton Green on the north side of the road leading westward from the Green to Dunham's Neck. He married Lydia Standish, daughter of Alexander Standish, sister of Lorah Standish, who married his brother, and descendant of Captain Myles Standish, the Pilgrim ancestor. She was living in March, 1733-34. Children: 1. Isaac, mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, born February 9, 1690, married Joanna Lucas. 3. Josiah, born June 5, 1692, unmarried; died March 29, 1731. 4. Lydia, born April 22, 1694, unmarried. 5. Ephraim, born May 8, 1608, married Abigail Horrel. 6. Peleg (twin), born November 12, 1700, married Mary Ring. 7. Priscilla (twin), born November 12, 1700, married Jabez Fuller. 8. Barnabas, born February 12, 1704-05, married Experience Atkins.

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(2), was born in Plympton, April 18, 1688. He married (first) Sarah ; (second) Elizabeth He resided in Plympton until aiter the death of his first wife, when he removed to Middleborough, where he died in 1750. His will is dated February 23, 1748, and proved May 7, 1750. He calls himself yeoman, and mentions his wife and children. His son John he appointed to be executor, and required him to support his aged grandmother. Children of the first wife, born in Plympton: i. Hannah, born April 21, 1716, married, February 2, 1737-38, Robert Sproat. 2. Uriah, born July 30, 1717, married, 1746, Anna White. 3. Sarah, born January 4, 1719-20, married, November 11, 1742, Peter Walker, of Taunton. 4. John, born about 1724. 5. Margaret, born April 15, 1728, married, December 3, 1747, Nathan Pratt. Chilough: 6. Isaac. 7. Elizabeth. 8. Lydia. 9. dren of the second wife, born in Middlebor- Anna. 10. Phebe. 11. Jacob, mentioned below. .

(IV) Sergeant Jacob Samson, son of Isaac Samson (3), was born about 1737. He was a minor at the time his father died and a guardian was appointed for him by the court. He was a soldier in the French war, and according to the family tradition was in the battle on the Monongahela when Braddock was defeated July 9, 1755. He was also in the Revolution, and was sergeant in a company of militia from Hampshire county, which served at Ticonderoga three months, from September' 1,°1770. Children: 1: . Jacob, born, 1760; died April 8, 1842; settled first in New Salem and removed to Vermont; children: i. Calvin, born May 31, 1783, married Millard, died May 2, 1846; ii. Phebe; iii. Joel, born September 17, 1791, died April 20, 1860, married twice; iv. Jacob, died April 8, 1830: v. Deborah; vi. Polly; vii. Elsie. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. 3. Liscom, married and had children also.

(V) Samuel Samson, son of Sergeant Jacob Samson (4), was born in New Salem about 1770. He resided in New Salem. Among his children was John, mentioned below.

(VI) John Samson, son of Samuel Samson (5), was born in New Salem, Massachusetts, about 1800. He settled in Lunenburg in the same county. He learned the trade of chairmaking. He resided in the south part of the town of Lunenburg on the Shirley road. Prior to 1837, however, he returned to New Salem and followed his trade in addition to farming until his death in that town in 1842. He married Rachel Foster, who was born in Lunen- burg, died at New Salem. Children: 1. Sewall Diggins, mentioned below. 2. John Sawyer, born at Lunenburg, July 24, 1833, died March 17, 1898; married (first), January I, 1856, Sarah S. Hatstat, of New Salem, born March 17, 1836, died June 10, 1862; married (second), October 19, 1864, Emma L. Hodge, of Granville, Massachusetts, born November 8, 1840, died April 18, 1901; child of the first wife: i. Bion Melville, born June 1g, 1860, married Annie L. Walker, of Cleveland, Ohio, and have Harold Melville, born December 1, 1888, and Helen Walker, April 23, 1891. Children of the second wife: 11. George Chauncey, born April 22, 1867; 111. Dora Belle, born February 16, 1870, died March 16, 1872; iv. Elsie, born January 13, 1877, died February 15, 1877; v. John Sawyer, Jr., born December 19, 1878, died July 19, 1879; vi. Harry March, born November 16, 1880, married, April 26, 1906, Emma A. Higgins, of South Hadley.

(VIL) Sewall Diggins Samson, son of John Samson (6), was born in Lunenburg, October 4, 1831. He was left fatherless at the age of eleven years, and was thereafter employed upon the farm of James Tweed in Lunenburg, attending school during the winter terms for several years. When he was sixteen years old he entered the employ of Amos Shattuck, of Woburn, and worked on his farm for a year, then became an apprentice in Mr. Shattuck's sash, door and blind factory. After spending two years and a half in learning this trade, he went to work as a journeyman for Theodore Collamore and Collamore Brothers. From Woburn he went to Medford where he was employed until 1862 by Waterman Litchfield. In 1862 he began work as casemaker in the piano factory of Mason & Hamlin, Boston, becoming in time foreman of the cabinet department. He also had charge of the construction of various parts of the piano and organ cases. He was with this concern for more than thirty years, the last ten being engaged in contract work for the company. He retired in 1893 to devote himself to the care of an invalid wife, a duty he faithfully performed until her death. From 1898 to the present time he has been engaged in the real estate and insurance business, with offices at 50 Central street, Montvale. He is a justice of the peace and conveyancer also. In 1855 Mr. Samson purchased of Stephen Swan, of Arlington, the estate at 280 Montvale avenue, Woburn, formerly known as the Goodyear place, once the home of the inventor, Charles Goodyear, who revolutionized the manufac-

In politics Mr. Samson is non-partisan, though always interested in public affairs. He was selectman for several years under the Woburn town government; assistant assessor three years; assistant engineer of the fire department and was at one time a police officer. He was formerly active in the Democratic party and served it as delegate to various state and county conventions. He is a member of Mount Horeb Lodge of Free Masons; of Woburn Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, since February 26, 1881. He is a member and past regent of Baldwin Council, No. 125, Royal Arcanum, and is at present an officer of that organization. In religion he is a Unitarian, though formerly a Congregationalist.

He married, May 9, 1853, at Medford, Massachusetts, Hannah Shirley Bucknam, born in Stoneham, in 1826, died in Woburn, March 26, 1898, daughter of Asahel and Hannah (Shirley) Bucknam. He was a_ prominent Free Mason. They have one daughter, Helen Josephine, born June 11, 1855, married Albert Dexter Carter, of Woburn, and they have one child, Carl Carter, born August 13, 1882.

William Richardson lived in Birkenhead, England, and was a weaver by trade. He married Ann % (Il) Edward Richardson, son of Willia Richardson (1), was baptized in the Birkenhead church in 1823. He married Eunice Edge, daughter of William Edge, in 1850. He was gifted with musical talent and became one of the most prominent composers of his day in England. His wife died soon after the birth of their son George, and he died in the prime of life shortly after his wife's death. Of their seven children, three are living in 1908. Children: 1. Edward, resides in York, England. 2. Thomas, resides in Chelsea, Massachusetts. 3. George, mentioned below. (III) George Richardson, son of Edward Richardson (2), was born July 13, 1852, in Wales, in the United Kingdom. Left an orphan at a tender age and the youngest of a family of seven children, he was reared by his. mother's sister, Mrs. Sarah (Edge) Sanderson. In 1864 he came to America with his aunt's family and settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was educated in the public schools. He engaged in the furniture business after leaving school, and learned the business thoroughly. Eventually he embarked in business as manufacturers' agent for furniture, having large sales rooms in Boston. He is well known in the furniture trade throughout New England. He has resided for many years at Malden, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church of that city. In politics he is a Republican.

England before 1650, and all the evidence indicates that they were related, perhaps brothers. Richard Hooper was a pioneer at Hampton, New Hampshire, and Watertown, Massachusetts. William Hooper, born in England in 1617, came in the ship "James" in July, 1635, and settled in Reading Massachusetts, in 1644; was admitted a freeman May 10, 1648; married Elizabeth ' who was also a member of the Reading church; died December 5, 1678. Children: 1. Mary, born November, 1647. James, born and died 1649. 3. Sarah, born December 7, 1650. 4. Ruth, born April 15, 1652, died April 15, 1653. 5. William, born November 3, 1658 (resided in Reading and could not be the William of Manchester) 6. Hannah, born March 31, 1662. 7. Elizabeth, born August 20, 1665. 8. Thomas, born April 2, 1668. 9. John, born July 5, 1670.

(1) Robert Hooper, the third of these immigrant ancestors, came from England and located at Marblehead, Massachusetts. He was born in 1607. He or his son of the same name bought a house there in 1663, other land in 1665 and sold them in 1681. He married

(II) John Hooper, son of Robert Hooper (1), was born about 1640. He lived in Marblehead and doubtless followed the sea. We know little of these first two generations, owing in some measure to loss of public records. Christian Hooper, wife of John, according to the best evidence at hand, and unquestionably the wife of one of the sons of Robert (1) named above, joined the Marblehead church, and her seven children were baptized August

23, 1685, in the Marblehead church under her right as a member, not mentioning her husband's name, a proof that he was not a member. None of the births of their eight children are known. Children, baptized Au gust 23, 1685: John, Christian, Benjamin,

Elizabeth, William, mentioned below; Joseph, Samuel, married in Boston, February 16, 1694, Mary White; Deliverance, baptized July an; 1689. The order of birth is not known.

(IIL) Wilham Hooper, son of John and Christian Hooper (2), was born in Marblehead in 1674, baptized August 23, 1685. He married, at Marblehead, December 9, 1697, Abigail Mansfield. An Abigail Hooper, widow of William, died at Marblehead, December 9, 1697, Abigail Mansfield. An Abigail Hooper, widow of William, died at Marblehead or was buried there in 1740, aged seventy-two. A widow, Abigail, died at Manchester where the family lived, October 9, 1769, aged eighty-seven years. Another date, in the records also, October 12, 1768, is given for this death. William died at Manchester, January 20, 1755, aged eighty-one, at Manchester. Abigail of Manchester may have been his second wife, (Abigail Gail?). He settled in Manchester, then Jeffry's Creek, now Manchester, originally Salem, Massachusetts. At least one account states William came from England after King Philip's war, whereas he must have moved from the adjacent town of Marblehead. if the above account is correct. This authority gives the wife of William as Abigail Allen, and the parents of William as William and Abigail (Gail) but the date of death (1678) shows apparently some confusion with William of Reading, whose wife was not Abigail. From this point the lineage is definitely traced from the public records of Manchester where the family has lived to the present time. Children: 1. William, Jr., resided at Manchester. 2. Andrew, mentioned below. Perhaps daughters.

(V) Edward Hooper, son of Andrew Hooper (4), was born October 25, 1735, at Manchester, and always lived in that town. He was a soldier in the Revolution in Captain Joseph Whipple's company, defending the seacoast at Manchester and Gloucester in 1775; also in Captain William Pearson's company (third) in 1776 at Gloucester; also in Captain Gardner's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment (fifth); also in Captain Benjamin Bates's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment, enlisting for three years and serving his term faithfully. He married, at Manchester, December 11, 1759. Children, born at Manchester: 1. Edward, Jr., born November 21, 1759. 2. Andrew, born December 27, 1761. 3. Patty, born March 27, 1764. 4. Molly, born April 10, 1766. 5. Nathaniel, mentioned below. 6. Israel, born September 14, 1770. 7. Abigail, born August 30, 1772. 8. Daniel, baptized February 12, 1775.

(V1) Nathaniel Hooper, son of Edward Hooper (5), was born at Manchester, April 20, 1768. He resided at Manchester, and married, December 1, 1791, at Gloucester, Polly Greenleaf, who lived to the advanced age of ninety-five years, eight months. He was a sea-faring man, like most of his ancestors, and was lost at sea off the coast of France. Children, born at Manchester. 1. Edward, born September 7, 1792. 2. Nathaniel, mentioned below. 3. Polly, born October 11,

(VII) Nathaniel Hooper, son of Nathaniel Hooper (6), was born in Manchester, January 7, 1796. He married Lydia Mackintire. He was a shoe manufacturer at Salem, Massachusetts. Children: 1. Nathaniel Mackintire, born September 10, 1818. 2. Lydia Ann, married (first) Willard Munroe and (second) John Ashby; child by first husband, Elmira Munroe, died young; child of second marriage Williard Ashby, married Jennie Wassall, and had Herbert Ashby, who died unmarried in Arabia, Asia. 3. Mary Elizabeth, married Henry Morgan, of Beverly, Massachusetts ; no children. 4. John M., married Ellen Brown, who lived in California; died at Salem in March, 1907; no children. 5. Hannah Ellen, died aged five years. 6. Kathrine H., died unmarried. 7. Hannah Ellen, died unmarried in Boston. 8. Margaret Eliza, born December 24, 1835, married, April 12, 1860, William Keith Leach, born March 18, 1818, in East Charlemont, Massachusetts, and died

October 3, 1886. Mr. Leach married (first) Sarah Ann Corey and had children: i. Eliza Maria Leach, died aged fourteen; 11. William Edwin Leach, married Rosa Putnam, and had Edith Leach and Warren Leach; ii. Frank Albert Leach, died aged four years; iv. Sarah Leach, died in infancy; v. Arthur Everett Leach, died June, 1906, unmarried; Children of William K. and Margaret Eliza Leach: vi. Horace Irving Leach, born at Boston, February, 1861, died in infancy; vii. Walter Hooper Leach, born March 16, 1863, married Estella Felton, of Charlestown, and had daughter Dorothy: viii. Alice Gertrude Leach, born July 6, 1866, married Samuel Felton, brother of Estella, and had daughter Ruth; ix. Nathaniel Leach, died in infancy; x. Sarah Ellen Leach, born July 8, 1872, living in Malden. 9. Sarah Caroline, died January, 1899, unmarried.

(VIII) Nathaniel Mackintire Hooper, son of Nathaniel Hooper (7), was born in Salem, September 10, 1818. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and worked at the shoemaker's trade in his youth in the employ of his father. He left the shoe business to take a position in the United States custom house at Salem. He is a member of the Unitarian church. In politics he is a Republican. He joined the Salem Cadets when a young man and has continued a member to the present time. In 1908 he was living with his daughter, Mrs. George Richardson, in Malden, Massachusetts, of remarkable vigor and health for his years. He married Emily Goldsmith, who died February 23, 1907, at Malden, daughter of Nathan and Abigail Goldsmith, of Ossipee, New Hampshire. Children of Nathaniel M. and Emily Hooper: 1. Anna, born September, 1849, married William H. Nichols, of Salem. 2. Emma, born July 23, 1853, died October 13, 1892. 3. Grace, born September 10, 1857, married C. H. Denman, of Westfield, New Jersey. 4. Carrie M., born May 27, 1862, married George Richardson. (See his sketch).

The surname Deihl is of Dutch DEAL origin. In some branches of the family in this country the spelling has been anglicized to Diel and Deal. An important branch of this family, spelling the name Deihl, settled in Virginia. In 1784 Samuel, Philip and George Deihl of this Virginia family removed to Pennsylvania and settled in Colerain. Philip and George have no descendants, but the descendants of Samuel Deihl are very numerous and prominent in Pennsylvania and neighboring states.

of the earliest settlers in the Mohawk Valley, New York, and was one of the sturdy Dutch pioneers who braved the terrors of the wilderness to settle at Schenectady. It may be that two or three generations of his family had lived in New Amsterdam before this new settlement in the Mohawk, but if so, the tracing of them is impossible because of the lack of surnames. The Dutch for several generations followed their custom of nomenclature in the old country without the use of surnames in most of the records. The fact that Deihl married the daughter of a Swiss-German together with the absence of the name Deihl in the New Amsterdam records and the records of other Dutch towns in New York and New Jersey points to the probability that Deihl was also an immigrant. He married Elizabeth Frey, daughter of Heinrich Frey, Jr. Heinrich Frey, Sr., was the first settler of the Mohawk Valley with the little colony of 1689. The stone house of the Frey family built in 1739 on the original homestead is still standing. Heinrich Frey, Jr., died at the age of forty years, leaving three sons and_ three daughters, one of whom, Elizabeth, married a Deihl. (Frontiersman of New York p. 97). Heinrich Frey, Sr. was a native of Zurich, Switzerland, of ancient Dutch ancestry. Children: 1. Henry, Jr., settled in Canada and fought with the French against the English, and is said to have been present during the Cherry Valley massacre. 2. Bastian or Sebastian, mentioned below. 3. William, married at Albany, Caty McGahary, and had daughter Jane, July 11, 1778, mentioned in city records in 1785; a Mary Deal died at Albany, October 30, 1865, aged one hundred and three. Perhaps daughters.

(II) Bastian or Sebastian Deal or Diel, son of Henry Deihl (1), was born in Schenectady, about 1730. He married into a prominent Dutch family of Albany, Catherina Ruyter. The first family of this name at Albany was that of Frederic Ruyter, who married Eggeltie Vander Werken, February 6, 1738, at Albany. Children: i. Frederic, Jr., buried May 10, 1746; ii. Margaret Ruyter, born May 20, 1739; iii. Elisabeth Ruyter, born October 5, 1740; iv. Hendrick Ruyter, born September 26, 1742; v. Johannes, born February 26, 1744; vi. Catharina, born January 10, 1746. Deal's wife was probably sister of Frederic Ruyter, Sr. Sebastian Deal lived in Albany until about 1762. He was there in October, 1761, when his daughter was baptized. He settled finally in the territory in the Hoosic

Valley in what is now Vermont, then claimed by New York province. Dutch families had squatted as early as 1724 along the Hoosic river without legal title to their lands. Who they were is not known. About the time that Deal settled in Pownal the families of Gregor, Van Norman, Anderson, Westenhouse, Forsburg, and Voss appear in connection with lands subsequently claimed under patents originating in New York, extending into Pownal about three miles on its western part. These early settlers were pioneers of the first quality, and if their hearts in most cases did not sympathize with the Republicans of 1776, it was because they were satisfied through their strong, conservative prejudices to continue in their old habits of thought. They saw old ideas which they had cherished rejected, kings whom they adored insulted and despised. These Dutch were loyalists during the Revolution.

The Forsburgs settled on lands now known as the Green Brimmer place. Hogle and Sebastian Deal occupied lands lately owned by Mrs. Bovie and Nathan Bullock. Hogle was killed by the Indians and left a widow and son. Deal married (second) Widow Hogle, and succeeded to the farm. In 1764 John Horsford and Isaac Charles held titles to the same lands that Voss and Deal possessed, having their grants from New Hampshire province. Sheriff Ashley tried to eject Voss and Deal, but was interruptel by the sheriff of Albany who appeared and arrested Ashley and others. The litigation over these counter claims was not settled until after 1800. Deal and his neighbors took no active part in the Revolution until 1777. Then they expressed their hostility to the popular cause by joining the British before Saratoga. Deal, Hogle and Forsburg took their places behind the breastworks of the British. It appears that Forsburg for some cause was late and did not arrive until the battle had begun. He proceeded to take his place at the side of Deal and was about to greet him with a handshake when Deal, indignant and angry at the delay of his neighbor, struck at him with a knife, beginning a feud that lasted until death. Young Hogle was killed in this battle. In 1790, when the federal census was taken, there were but two families of this name in Vermont, that of Sebastian and of his son Peter. Sebastian, or Bastian, as his name is misspelled, had one son under sixteen and two females, probably wife and daughter, in his family. The son may have been a step-son, the name not being given. Children, born at Albany: 1. Petrus

(111) Peter Deal, son of Bastian or Sebastian Deal (2), was baptized in Albany, New York, April 8, 1757. He removed with his father to what was later Pownal, Vermont, when a young child. According to the census of 1790 Peter was then married and had two daughters (three females in his family). Besides these daughters he had a son, John Peter, mentioned below.

(1V) John Peter Deal, son of Peter Deal (3), was born in Pownal, Vermont. He resided at Highgate, Vermont, and Almond, Canada East. He married, April 3, 1830, Roxanna Brigham, who was born at Petersham, Massachusetts, June 22, 1794, died in St. Almond, Canada, April 16, 1881, daughter of Edward and Beulah (Hawes) Brigham. (See Brigham sketch). Children: 1. Edward F., born at Highgate, October, 1833, mentioned below. 2. Evelin M., resides on the Deal homestead at Highgate, is unmarried. 3. Hiram B., resides unmarried at St. Almond, Canada. 4. Daughter.

(V) Edward F. Deal, son of John P. Deal (4), was born in Highgate, Franklin county, Vermont, October 1833. He married Alma Knox, born 1841, daughter of Levi Knox. He had a common school education. In 1856 he came to Boston and embarked in_ the wholesale and retail grocery business in a store on Blackstone street. Child: Edward Elvin, mentioned below. Alma (Knox) Deal is descended from William Knox, who came from Eustatius, West Indies, to Boston, Massachusetts, before the middle of the eighteenth century, and was a shipmaster and wharf owner in that city. He married Mary Campbell, and their seventh of ten sons was Henry Knox (1750-1802), the distinguished book seller in Boston, and Revolutionary soldier, who for his services received promotion to major-general ; was the founder of the Order of the Cincinnati, and its first secretary; and served as secretary of war by appointment of the United States congress before the inauguration of President Washington and was retained in the first cabinet at Washington from September 12, 1789, to January 2, 1795, when he retired to his large farm near Thomaston, Maine, which place demanded his care in order to provide for his children, his compensation as secretary of war being entirely inadequate for that purpose.

for college in the public and high schools of that city. He entered Harvard College with the class of 1886, but left the regular course to take up the study of medicine and received his degree of M. D. in 1890. He then took a postgraduate course in the Maternity Hospital and Hospital for Children's Diseases at Dublin, Ireland. In 1891 he returned to this country and established himself in the practice of his profession at Malden, making the practice of obstetrics and of children's diseases a specialty. He is a member of the District Medical Society and of the Massachusetts Medical Society.

He married, September 20, 1895, at Malden, Hannah Jane Parks, born at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, daughter of Alden W. and Mary Parks. Her parents removed to Malden. Their only child is Elvin P. Deal, born in Malden, July 23, 1902.

generations prior to the settlement of New England, and the name first appears in the records during the reign of Henry VII. They owned estates in Somersetshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Nottingham and in Ireland. Two sturdy Puritans of this name - John and Abraham Howe, arrived in Massachusetts shortly after the settlement of Boston. They were probably relatives, perhaps brothers, but whether or not they came over together cannot be definitely determined. Both were residing in Marlboro, Massachusetts, at the time of its incorporation (1666).

(1) John Howe, the American progenitor of Archibald M. Howe, came from Warwickshire and was a son of John Howe, of Lancaster, England. After remaining at Watertown for a time he went to Sudbury, going there as early as 1637, and he was admitted a freeman in 1640. There are reasons for believing that he was the original white settler in Marlboro, whither he went first in 1639, and in 1663 was instrumental in building the first meeting-house, he and another early settler named John Ruddocke having purchased land of the Indians for that purpose. He died at Marlboro in 1687. The christian name of his wife was Mary, and his children were: John, Samuel, Sarah, Mary (who died young), Isaac, Mary, Josiah, Mary, Thomas, Daniel, Alexander and Eleazer. Several of John Howe's descendants were noted tavernkeepers.

pany his parents to Marlboro when they went to reside there permanently, but remained in Sudbury and followed the carpenter's trade. His death occurred in Sudbury, April 13, 1713. June 5, 1663, he married for his first wife Martha Bent, who was born in Sudbury about 1642, daughter of John and Martha Bent. John Bent was born at Penton, Grafton, England, in November, 1596, and with his wife and five small children came over in the "Confidence" sailing from Southampton in April, 1638, and having as a fellow-passenger Thomas Whittier, the poet. John Bent died in Sudbury, September 27, 1672, and his wife died there May 15, 1679. Samuel Howe's first wife died August 29, 1680, and on September 18, 1685, he married for his second wife Mrs. Sarah (Leavitt) Clapp, widow of Nehemiah Clapp, of Hingham. The children of his first union were: John, Mary, Samuel, Martha, David and Hannah. Those of his second marriage were: Lydia, Elisha, Nehemiah, Ebenezer, Micajah and Moses. David Howe, son of Samuel, became proprietor of the Red Horse Tavern, Sudbury, made famous by the poet Longfellow in "Tales of the Wayside Inn," and at his death in 1759 was succeeded by his youngest son, Colonel Ezekiel Howe, who, during the Revolutionary war commanded the Fourth Regiment, Middlesex Militia. The latter's son Adam was the next proprietor and Adam was succeeded by Squire Lyman Howe, a bachelor, at whose death in 1861 the ancient hostelry passed out of the family and was closed to the public. In 1897 it was again opened as a place of public entertainment. Notable among the other tavern-keepers of this name were John Howe, eldest son of the emigrant, who opened the first public house in Marlboro; Daniel, son of Samuel, kept the first tavern in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts; and during the Revolutionary war, when Captain Cyprian Howe and Munning Sawin were rival innkeepers in Marlbore, the following rhyme was current :

(IIIT) Moses Howe, youngest son of Samuel and Sarah (Leavitt-Clapp) Howe, was born in Sudbury, August 27, 1695. When a young man he went from Sudbury to Framingham, and his death occurred in Rutland, Massachusetts, February 16, 1749. The christian name of his wife was Eunice but a list of his children is wanting.